Centers & Labs
A culture driven by interdisciplinary research
Trusted by federal agencies and industry alike, our centers and labs are home to world-class research infrastructure, faculty, students, and experts. They drive fundamental discoveries and rapidly transfer technology and findings to society. That is why we are routinely among the top global institutions in terms research support and the impact that research has.
Our people are entrusted with the support of the agencies and organizations that can change the world. It's a list that includes the Department of Defense Multidisciplinary University Research Initiatives, National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers, National Science Foundation Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers, Department of Homeland Security Centers of Excellence, and the National Institutes of Health Centers for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics.
Multidisciplinary Centers
$221M
In 2018 Research Expenditures
Cybersecurity & Critical Infrastructure
Energy & Environment
- International Institute for Carbon Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), a partnership between Kyushu University and the University of Illinois
- Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Center
- Power Affiliates Program
- Power Systems Engineering Research Center
- Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS)
- Cyber Resilient Energy Delivery Consortium (CREDC)
- Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (Led by Argonne National Laboartory)
Health & Medicine
- Center for the Physics of Living Cells
- Center on Emergent Behavior of Integrated Cellular Systems (NSF)
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and Bionanotechnology IGERT (NSF)
- Health Care Engineering Systems Center
- NeuroEngineering IGERT @ Illinois (NSF)
- Midwest Center for Cancer Nanotechnology (NIH)
- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group, an NIH Resource for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioiformatics